Vegetable-grater.



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FREDERICK T. HonYivoK, cnicaeo, ILLINOIS.

VEG ETABLE-GRATER.

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To all fwwm't may concern.'

Be. it known that I, .FREDERICK T. Honvacii, ar citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, inthe 'county of. Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new 4and useful Improvements inVegetable- Graters, of which the following is a specifica tion.

T he presentinvention relates to a vegetable grater wherein a lrotatablegrat-ing cylinder employed to cut the vegetable.

An important object of my invention is to provide a -device of thevabove .mentioned character, which is highly etlicient in fulfilling itsfunction,.thus saving both time and lation A. further object of. thisinvention is to provide a novel form and arrangement of the gratingteeth of thegrating cylinder, whereby such teeth will grate thevegetable in amore thorough and expeditious manner than has heretoforebeen accomplished A. further object of my invent-ion is to provide novelmeans to properly guide the vegetable in'its feeding movement toward thegrating cylinder;

A further object of this invention is to provide adevice ofthe abovementioned character, formed of few'and simple parts, which may bereadily separated for-the purpose of cleaning andsubsequentlynassembled.

A further object of my invention is to.

provide a vvegetable grater which is Simple in construction, strong,durable, and neat in appearance.

Other .objects and advantages of the 'invention will be 'apparent duringthe course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich `like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame, Figure 1 is a side view of the device, Fig. 2 is a. plan viewl ofthe same, Fig. 3 is a side View taken at right angles to Fig. 1 andshowin the grating cylinderV in section, Fig. 4 isa orizontal sectionalview taken through the grating cylinder, Fig. 5is an enlargedfragmentary side view' of a portion of the grating cylinder, and, Fig. 6is a still more enlarged detail se ion through one of the teeth.

ln the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration. I have shown a'preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral l designates the topof a table', to the Ilower Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationfiled March 26,1912. Seri-a1 N o. 686,261..

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vsurface of which are pivotally secured forked strips 2, for receivingthe lower` porJ tions of swinging bolts 3, having'v livotal connectionat their-upper end ,with asegt, as shown at 5. These 'bolts 3 carryclamping `or thumb nuts 6. Disposed upon the basalt 1s as'upportin arm,comprising lower vertical, interme vertical portions 7, 8 ".The lowerverticall portion 7 is or the like. The' intermediate horizontal portion8 .of the supporting arm .is disposed at4 a. right langle to the lower 7and "is spacedfrom the base et, `to allow oi the placing of apan orother receptacle upon the base, to collect the grated material. Formedupon' the outer end of the intermediate horizontal port-ion 8 adjacent`the lower end `of the upper vertical portion 9 is 'a horizontalextension 12, disposed at a right angle to' saidintermediate portion 8.This horizontal extension 1Q is provider with a head 13. The supportingarm includ ing theportions 7,8 and l) and thehorizontal extension 12 arepreferz'ibly made in a single casting.

. Rigidly connected with the upper and of ing arm is a vertical axle orshaft 11 upon which is rotatably mounted a hub 15 of an open frame.ThisA open frame comprises upper and lower rings 16 and 17; connectedwith'the hub 15 through the ymedium of radially disposed arms or spokes1S`an l 19, respectively. Formed upon oneeof the arms Aor spokes 18 isan upwardly extending y crank arm 20, upon the free end of which isrotatably mounted a handle Q1. The frame including `the rings. andradially disposed arms and spokes and the crank. arm Q0 are preferablyformed ina single casting. This integral frame is prevented from movingdownwardly by its engagement with the upper vertical 'portion 9 and thesame is. free to be removed from theshaft- 14 by a vertical movement.v f

The upper ring 16 is provided withan be engaged by a grating cylinder23. which surrounds the frame and has its lower end in engagement withthe lower ring 17 included in such frame. Formed upon the upper ring 16isa locking lug 24. to operate i within a bayonet slot formed in theupper and 9 respectiveiy. 7 providede with a footor base 10,'which isrigidly con nected with vthe base 4 bym-leans of screw 1l i verticalportion the upper vertical portion 9 of the support-A outwardlyext-ending annular tiange Q2. to

iate horizontal, and upper` end of .the grating cylinder 23, as shown."It is thus seen that the grating cylinder 23- is securely held inplac'e'fuponjv its inner Atrarne andinay be"readily removed therefromfor thepurpose of cleaning or vthe like .and subsequently returned tovits' operative teeth are vsuitably spacedpas shown.. The' beenaccomplished. 'The numeral '.34 designates a guide bowl teeth '26 allfa'ce in the same'direction and the cylinder 23'is turned for cutting inthat .direction only. EachV tooth, as more clearly shown Fig. 6,comprises outwardly cit-' tending Atriangular portions* 30, having theirforward ore-cutting edges 31'sharpened. or. beveled. By'cons'tructingand arranging the teeth as hereinabovedescribed, I .have found that thegrating cylinder will. cutithe material much more'quickly and with'greater ease to .the operator' than has-heretofore or receptacle having.preferably the shape, as shown; This b owl comprises. an upst-andfingfside v which tapers toward the opposite end of the f bowl and'terminates, -as. 4shown at 36. 'V The-bowl 34 has af cut-out 4portionvorI opening-3 7, vto'permit of the cut material'. being .removed fromwihin theV bowl: vFormed upo-n'the ,horizonte .or 'bottom wall of ,thebdwhf are" upstanding curved 'guide j ribs o1' tracks-,38,-- which 'aredisposed at Va-tangent withelrelation'to the cylinder 23. These guideribs serve to properly conduct the. vegetable in its 4travel towf'ardthe cylinder 23'. l Formed upon the .lower face of the bowl 34 is` adependingboss 39, which is rigidlyl connected with the 40 or the like. V

The operation of the deviceis as iolhorizontal extension 12 by means ofscrews` lows i-'i potato orcther vegetable is placed' in the bowl 3i'upon and between the guide ribs 38 and moved into engagement Awith thegrating cylinder 23,' which isnow'being turned in the proper direction.ator turns the handle 2L with .the right The oper-A 'hand and feeds thepotato to the cylinderA with the other hand. The teeth 26 will cut thepotato in threads Awhich will pass through the openings L33 and becollected in the .parier other receptacle' placed upon the b as'e; Theother. particles of pot-atothat do not passV into 'the/interior-of thecylinder 23 will' be collected inthe bowl 34 and may 'bereadily'removed. therefrom. The cylinder 23 may be quickly and easilyremoved ,from and replaced .upon itsrfram'e. frame including the .hublmay be quickly removed, from and replaced upon the shaft 14. A It is. tobe understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and describedis'to be taken as a preferred example of the sameand that variouschangesin thesha'pe, size,"and arrangement otparts may be -re- Asortedto without departing from the spirit 'ofthe invention or the scope ofthe subvjoined claim. f

- Having thus described v my invention, I claim i The A vegetablegraterconsisting of a.l sup-l I port-a vertical spindleprojectingupwardly from said support, a cylindrical grater-ro- Itatively mounted uponl 4said spindle, said 'support being provided` witha laterally pro'- jecting arm, a feed bowl mounted-uponsaid -arm' andprojecting radially' toward said grater, said bowlhaving theinner edgeof itsl bottomfconformingto the curvature of.

said' grate/r. and said bowlv being provided with a dischargeopeningdispsed tangentially relatively tofsaid-'cylindrical vgrat'er'Vand with an elevated wall disposed opposite to dischargeopening.

In testimony'whereof- I aix my slgnature in presence of two witnesses;

FREDERICK rr. ,Ho'ErNoir f Witnesses:

J. P'. REULAND,

FRED H. I-IoEYNoK.

